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Yesterday, Virginians took to the polls to decide on a proposed amendment to the state’s constitution that would “restore fairness” by “ensuring” standards in redistricting.

Yes, those exact terms were used on the ballot seen by about three million Virginia voters.  The proposed amendment on the ballot read:

Question: Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections, while ensuring Virginia’s standard redistricting process resumes for all future redistricting after the 2030 census?

“Restore fairness”?  In what world would anyone not want to “restore fairness” to something??  What a shamefully misleading phrase.

The amendment does anything but “restore fairness.”  Virginia voters “voted” 51.8% to 46% for Kamala Harris over President Donald Trump.  The ballot measure passed 51.4% to 48.6%.  Even the highly contentious 2020 election was 54% to 44% with Biden (allegedly) claiming Virginia’s 13 electoral votes.

Virginia’s U.S. Congressional representation is, at least for now, in line with these results, with six Democrat reps to five Republicans.

The new redistricting effort will hand over four of those GOP seats to the Democrats in an already-passed new map, resulting in 10 to 1, or 90.91% Democrat representation in a state where the Democrats barely have a majority.

Democrat, Not Republican, Gerrymandering

California passed Prop 50, which will likely add 5 seats to the Democrats, bringing their total to 48 seats versus just 4 Republican seats (previously, Republicans held 9 seats), giving Democrats 92% of the state’s seats with a population that Biden only won by 63% in 2020 and Harris by 58%.

In the New England states, where the population voted around 40% for Trump in 2020 and 2024, Republicans have ZERO U.S. House seats.  Forty percent of New Englanders have no representation in Congress.  “Restore fairness.”

But California and New England aren’t the only examples:

California has 17% GOP representation in Congress in a state where President Trump garnered 38% of the vote.

Texas has 34% Dem representation while Harris garnered 43% of the vote.

Last time I checked, 9% < 21%.

Texas is currently 25-13 in Congress in favor of Rs. If all 5… https://t.co/SxoICTicpR

— CannCon (@canncon) August 12, 2025

With a Pending Appeal, Virginia Supreme Court Must Act

The journey for this proposed amendment to make its way onto the ballot is wild, to say the least.

In 2020, Virginia voters passed a constitutional amendment that gave a bipartisan commission the power to draw congressional districts.  But following Texas’s adoption of a new congressional map that would potentially give Republicans five new seats, several states began to gerrymander their own congressional maps.

Following the redistricting in Texas, the Virginia Democrat delegation launched its scheme.

A constitutional amendment in Virginia requires approval by the legislature in two consecutive legislative sessions, with a general election in between.  It then goes to the public for a vote.

On October 31, 2025, the General Assembly first passed the proposal during the 2024 Special Session, in which the scope and purpose were expanded to include considering and passing the proposal.

The required second passage of the proposal occurred on January 16, 2026, with Governor Abigail Spanberger signing legislation to enable the referendum vote on February 4, 2026.

However, on January 27, a circuit court judge ruled the amendment was unlawful, with the judge concurring that the passage of the proposal was outside the scope of the 2024 Special Session and that the requirement of a general election between the two votes in the General Assembly was not accomplished because voters had already begun early voting on September 19, before the proposal passed for the first time on October 31, thus failing to accomplish the general election between assembly votes.

On February 13, the Supreme Court of Virginia lifted the temporary restraining order (TRO) and permitted the special election to proceed while it considered the case.

On February 18, the Republican National Committee filed a separate lawsuit contesting the phrase “restore fairness” as misleading and deviating from the language of the amendment passed by the General Assembly.  The same circuit court judge granted another TRO barring officials from administering the election on those grounds.

The Virginia Supreme Court also stayed that ruling until after the special election, with briefs due two days after the vote on April 23.  If the amendment failed, the case would be deemed moot and dismissed.  But since the amendment passed, the Virginia Supreme Court must now decide the case on the merits.

The Circuit Court’s Declaratory Judgment

The method by which the amendment was proposed and passed failed to meet the constitutional requirements on numerous grounds.

RNLA Chair Lee Goodman on VA Election Results: “
This referendum was advanced to the ballot through a rushed and unprecedented process. The constitutional validity of the referendum now goes before the Virginia Supreme Court, where I am confident it will be invalidated. If I’m…

— RNLA (@TheRepLawyer) April 22, 2026

Strike 1

Tazewell County Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley, Jr. concurred that the General Assembly did expand the scope of the 2024 Special Session, ruling that “the first passage of the proposed constitutional amendment is void ab initio,” or from the beginning.

Strike 2

Next, the court ruled that the “next general election of members of the House of Delegates” had already begun, with early voting starting on September 19, 2025.  Over one million Virginians had already cast ballots by the time of the General Assembly’s first passage on October 31.

Side Note: The Supreme Court of the United States recently heard arguments in Watson v. RNC  to determine whether “Election Day” refers only to the day voters cast their ballots or if deadlines can be set by law for receiving ballots after “Election Day.”  The case was not asking SCOTUS to determine when “Election Day” began.

Strike 3

The court decided that, “Even if the General Assembly’s first passage…were valid and even if ‘election’ is defined narrowly as only Election Day and not the entire period of voting,” the General Assembly still failed to provide copies of the amendment to “every circuit court clerk to post at the front door of the courthouse at least three months prior” to the next general election (which had already begun).

Strike 4

Regarding the text of the proposal on the ballot argued in the second case, Judge Hurley wrote that the ballot language was misleading and violated the Submission Clause of Article XII, Section 1 of the Virginia Constitution.  “It submits a different question on the referendum ballot than the language of the constitutional amendment passed by the General Assembly.”

Strike 5

The Virginia Constitution also requires the proposed amendment to be presented to voters “not sooner than ninety days after final passage by the General Assembly.”  If that final passage was, in fact, on January 16, 2026, then the 90-day requirement was not fulfilled before early voting began on March 6, 2026.

Strike 6

The court determined that HB 1384 violated Article IV, Section 12 of the Virginia Constitution by passing a bill that “embrace[s] more than one object.”  In this case, the bill not only proposes the constitutional amendment; it also addresses, “providing for appropriations of public revenues,” “establishing the ballot question and procedures for submitting the proposed constitutional amendment to the voters,” “repealing Code § 30-13,” and “transferring venue to the Richmond Circuit Court for civil actions challenging the proposed constitutional amendment.”

Sen. Tim Kaine on FOX News last weekend said the quiet part out loud.  This amendment isn’t about “restoring fairness.”  It is about combatting President Trump’s mandate from the 2024 election.  Kaine said, “We’re deeply worried that Donald Trump will try to interfere with the election results this November or in 2028 because we saw him do it before.  And we have to have a Congress that will stand up to it.”

 

 

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A convicted murderer has been arrested after sending unhinged, violent threats to outgoing Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, including explicit calls for ICE agents to be “executed right there… with two f-cking bullets to the back of their maggot Nazi heads.”

Daniel Barber, who has a lengthy criminal record that includes a 1990 conviction for murder and robbery with intent to cause bodily harm, was arrested on April 10 by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents in San Francisco.

The threats were sent via email on June 6, 2025.

In the vile message, Barber stated:

“YOUR GESTAPO NAZI MAGGOT ICE AGENTS SHOULD BE TERRIFIED, BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM DESERVES TO BE ARRESTED BY ARMED AMERICAN CITIZENS, FROGMARCHED INTO THE STREETS, SUMMARILY TRIED AND CONVICTED OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY THERE IN PUBLIC, AND SUBSEQUENTLY EXECUTED RIGHT THERE AS WELL WITH TWO F–CKING BULLETS TO THE BACK OF THEIR MAGGOT NAZI HEADS!”

He continued, “EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!”

“MAYBE STOP F-CKING ACTING LIKE HEINOUSLY F-CKING EVIL FASCIST KKKUNTS, AND THEY WOULDN’T DESERVE SUCH A FATE!”

The email concluded, “AND THAT IS NOT A THREAT, YOU LITTLE F-CKING B-TCH, BUT SIMPLY MY OPINION AS TO WHAT THOSE WORMS DESERVE. I’LL BE F-CKING PRAYING DAILY TO THE UNIVERSE AMERICANS START RISING UP AND GIVING THEM, AND YOU, EXACTLY THAT.”

Barber signed the email with his full name.

The Department of Homeland Security released full details about the arrest in a press release on Monday.

“This convicted murderer sent this disgusting death threat to ICE Director Todd Lyons,” Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement.

Bis continued, “Comparing ICE day-in and day-out to the Nazi Gestapo, the Secret Police, and slave patrols has consequences. The men and women of ICE are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters. They get up every morning to try and make our communities safer. Like everyone else, they just want to go home to their families at night. The violence and dehumanization of these men and women who are simply enforcing the law must stop.”

The press release noted, “The arrest comes as sanctuary politicians have created an environment that encourages rampant assaults on law enforcement. As our ICE law enforcement officers remove murderers, rapists, pedophiles, gang members, and terrorists from American communities, they are facing a more than 1,300% increase in assaults, an 8,000% increase in death threats, and a more than 3,300% increase in vehicle attacks.”

WATCH: Tom Homan Says Outgoing ICE Director Todd Lyons’ Wife and Kids Were Doxxed, Family Home Protested by Insane Leftists Before His Retirement

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Lyons and his family endured vicious harassment from the left, including doxxing of his wife and children and protests at their home.

Lyons is stepping down from the agency at the end of May.

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President Trump on Wednesday called out the rigged Virginia election.

On Tuesday evening, Virginia voters passed the redistricting referendum that will benefit Democrats and disenfranchise millions of Virginia independents and Republicans.

“The ballot measure gives the Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature — rather than the state’s current nonpartisan commission — temporary redistricting power through the 2030 election. It could result in a 10-1 advantage for Democrats in Virginia’s congressional delegation, up from their current 6-5 edge,” Fox New reported.

Virginia’s radical Democrat Governor Abigail Spanberger lied on the campaign trail and said that she would not support gerrymandering and the congressional redistricting referendum.

The party that calls Trump a “dictator” and republicans “fascists”, now controls 90% of the districts in a state they won by 5%.

The irony…

Fascists! pic.twitter.com/JISywJzCIW

— Exit the Left (@_ExitTheLeft) April 22, 2026

Trump said Tuesday night’s Virginia election was rigged.

The President also said the language on he referendum was “purposely unintelligible and deceptive.”

President Trump’s full statement:

A RIGGED ELECTION TOOK PLACE LAST NIGHT IN THE GREAT COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA!

All day long Republicans were winning, the Spirit was unbelievable, until the very end when, of course, there was a massive “Mail In Ballot Drop!”

Where have I heard that before — And the Democrats eked out another Crooked Victory! Six to five goes to ten to one, and yet the Presidential Election in November was very close to a 50-50 split.

In addition to everything else, the language on the Referendum was purposefully unintelligible and deceptive.

As everyone knows, I am an extraordinarily brilliant person, and even I had no idea what the hell they were talking about in the Referendum, and neither do they!

Let’s see if the Courts will fix this travesty of “Justice.” President DONALD J. TRUMP

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Explosive undercover footage obtained exclusively by Townhall Media reveals Biden administration workers describing unaccompanied migrant children being sold by parents, forced into 12-hour factory shifts, and released to cartel members who demanded repayment for smuggling costs.

Workers Detail Systematic Failures

Yolanda Gonzalez, project manager for operations at The Providencia Group, explained to an undercover journalist how the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s contractor handled crisis calls. She recounted instances where sponsors weren’t actually family members and parents sold their children. These weren’t isolated incidents but recurring patterns agency staff encountered throughout Biden’s four years in office, according to the recordings.

Children Forced Into Labor

Darleen Sealey, senior administrator at Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth in New York, described how case managers failed to verify sponsor documents. Birth certificates turned out to be fake, discovered only after children already left custody. Gonzalez detailed one child forced to work 12-hour factory shifts to pay cartels for his journey. The child lived in the factory itself, sleeping where he worked daily.

Photoshopped Documents Approved

Natasha Wright, Office of Refugee Resettlement supervisory senior oversight advisor, told the journalist that clearly photoshopped pictures of sponsors with children somehow passed approval processes. You could see people stamped into pictures, yet officials approved placements anyway. Wright said the Inspector General eventually investigated, forcing changes. Some children worked to repay cartel debts, while others were released directly to cartel members themselves.

Sex Trafficking and STDs in Nine-Year-Olds

The footage indicates children weren’t just exploited for labor but forced into prostitution and sex trafficking. Workers described children protection services cases involving minors who claimed to be working but never returned to their hotels. Nine-year-old children tested positive for sexually transmitted diseases. Indaira Charles, a social work supervisor, detailed these horrors before the recording ended. These revelations follow previous Townhall videos showing how Biden’s open border policy created chaos in processing centers, overwhelming workers who couldn’t properly vet sponsors taking custody of vulnerable children.

 

At least two different Fairfax civics teachers instructed their students to go home and pressure their parents to vote YES on the Democrat-backed constitutional amendment that would allow the General Assembly to scrap Virginia’s current fair congressional maps and impose a heavily gerrymandered 10 Democrat-to-1 Republican map.

Kelly Sadler, who also served as a Special Assistant to President Donald Trump, wrote a column exposing a shocking incident she says occurred when she picked up her sons from school.

Sadler wrote:

On Friday, I picked up my 14-year-old twin boys from school, and both jumped into the car and asked whether I was voting yes on Virginia’s redistricting measure Tuesday.

“That’s a no,” I said flatly to the proposed map, which would create a 10-1 Democratic congressional delegation in a state Kamala Harris won by only 5 percentage points. However, my boys know exactly how I feel about this shameless power play by the liberals in Richmond, so why did they ask?

Turns out, in both of their civics classes that day, taught by two different teachers in Fairfax County Public Schools, they were urged to go home and persuade their parents to vote yes on the measure to make Virginia’s maps “as fair as they can be,” to “stop Donald Trump at all costs.” They used the same talking points being spewed by endless Democratic campaigns in the commonwealth to make Virginia come under one-party Democratic rule.

The ballot question asked voters, “Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections, while ensuring Virginia’s standard redistricting process resumes for all future redistricting after the 2030 census?”

Virginia currently holds a balanced six-Democrat-to-five-Republican congressional delegation under maps widely praised as among the fairest in the country.

The Democrat-controlled legislature’s proposed replacement map would pack Republican voters into a single ultra-safe district while carving up the rest to create 10 safe Democratic seats, handing Democrats a net gain of four U.S. House seats heading into the 2026 midterms.

Despite strong opposition and warnings from Republicans, the amendment passed narrowly on Tuesday, with approximately 51.45% voting Yes and 48.55% voting No.

Fairfax County, a deep-blue Northern Virginia stronghold, voted overwhelmingly in favor (roughly 71% Yes), helping hand Democrats the decisive margin.

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HHS Secretary RFK Jr. appeared on Capitol Hill for two hearings on Wednesday.

RFK Jr. first testified before the Senate Finance Committee on his agency’s budget and the deals that the Trump Administration struck with drug companies to lower prices.

Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren tried to go after RFK Jr. over TrumpRx’s price cuts, but he shut her down.

In February, President Trump launched ‘TrumpRx’ to lower drug prices.

“Today, President Donald J. Trump announced the launch of TrumpRx.gov. Through the website, patients will be able to access large discounts on many of the most popular and highest-priced medicines in the country, paying prices in line with the lowest paid by other developed nations (known as the most-favored-nation, or MFN, price),” the White House announced in February.

“Today’s launch features drugs made by the first five manufacturers to reach MFN pricing deals with the Trump Administration: AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, EMD Serono, Novo Nordisk, and Pfizer,” the White House said.

“Additional drugs from other companies that have signed MFN pricing deals will be made available through TrumpRx.gov in the coming months,” they said.

TrumpRx lowers prices for popular weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, inhalers, fertility drugs, and insulin.

Elizabeth Warren, a corrupt and worthless Democrat who has spent decades enriching herself by lying about being a Native American, tried to come at RFK Jr. about TrumpRx.

“If these pharma deals are so good, show them!” Warren said to RFK Jr.

“You had the power to make this deal yourself! Why didn’t you do that? We did this because you refuse to do it!” RFK Jr. said.

“You have a lot more power to negotiate than we do! We got the lowest prices in history,” he said.

Elizabeth Warren hit back and claimed TrumpRx is making things worse for the American people.

“Millions of people who are using Trump Rx disagree with you!” RFK Jr. said.

WATCH:

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In May 2025, The Gateway Pundit reported that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced a full investigation into Biden’s failed 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal.

On August 26, 2021, the Biden Administration led a withdrawal from the country, where they allowed hundreds of ISIS militants to surround Kabul airport. Suicide bombings were reported amid the chaos as Afghans attempted to enter the airport and flee the Taliban, leading to the death of 13 U.S. service members and 170 civilians.

The Biden Administration left the country in the hands of the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, ISIS-K, and the Al-Qanni terrorists, including $85 billion worth of U.S. military equipment and Black Hawk Helicopters.

Additionally, The Gateway Pundit readers recall that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley, and CentCom Commander General Kenneth McKenzie all knew about the Kabul Airport terrorist bombing at the Abbey Gate hours in advance.

American heroes confirmed to The Gateway Pundit that although U.S. brass knew the suicide bomber was in the area of the Airport, military brass would not let them take him out.

As the Afghanistan Withdrawal Special Review Panel continues to review the circumstances around the catastrophic failure, Chief Pentagon Spokesman and Senior Advisor to the Department of War Sean Parnell announced that the valor awards for the Marines of Company G, 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, who stood at Abbey Gate, have been upgraded.

Parnell shared, “Following the Afghanistan Withdrawal Special Review Panel’s recommendation and at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, the United States Marine Corps has upgraded the valor awards for the Marines of Company G, 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, who stood at Abbey Gate on 26 August 2021. After reviewing the original awards and determining that several had been inappropriately downgraded, these awards have now been upgraded to levels that more accurately reflect the extreme risk these Marines knowingly accepted and the lives they saved under direct enemy fire.”

“The Marines at Abbey Gate were positioned in the direct blast zone with minimal cover, fully aware of an imminent suicide attack, yet they held their ground to keep evacuation operations running. Their actions that day were heroic. The original awards did not reflect that reality. Today’s upgrades correct that injustice.”

“This outcome would not have happened without the personal leadership and commitment of Under Secretary of War for Personnel & Readiness Anthony Tata and Senior Advisor Stu Scheller who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure these Marines receive the recognition they deserve. Mr. Scheller personally shepherded this effort, driving the process forward until justice was done.

This outcome also demonstrates what the Afghanistan Withdrawal Special Review Panel was created to do: examine the full record, identify where the system failed our warfighters, and ensure accountability and fairness. The Department of War, under President Trump and Secretary Hegseth, is committed to getting this right. We will not allow valor performed at the point of friction to be diminished by bureaucratic or administrative shortcomings.”

“To the Marines of Company G and to every service member who stood at Abbey Gate: your actions were seen, your sacrifice was measured correctly, and your valor is now properly recognized.”

“The Panel will continue its broader work to ensure the lessons from 2021 are learned and that we never again place our warfighters in positions where their courage is not fully honored.”

“We owe the American people, the families of the fallen, and every service member who served in Afghanistan nothing less than the truth and the corrections that truth demands.”

STATEMENT:

Following the Afghanistan Withdrawal Special Review Panel’s recommendation and at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, the United States Marine Corps has upgraded the valor awards for the Marines of Company G, 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, who stood at Abbey…

— Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellASW) April 22, 2026

The attack left 13 U.S. service members dead:

• Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts
• Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, of Sacramento, California
• Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah
• Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, California
• Cpl. Daegan W. Page, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska
• Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana
• Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas
• Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz, 20, of St. Charles, Missouri
• Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming
• Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, California
• Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, California
• Navy Corpsman Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio
• Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tennessee

Mohammad Sharifullah, also known as “Jafar,” is in federal custody for the bombing.

BREAKING: Top Terrorist Behind Abbey Gate Bombing That Killed 13 U.S. Servicemen Extradited and Now in FBI Custody

 

 

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In pointed on-camera remarks at the White House, President Trump’s U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin—who was serving as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia at the time of the incident—is forcefully disputing media coverage surrounding Rep. Cory Mills.

He is directly challenging how an alleged domestic case has been characterized and how it was handled by his office.

See his statement here at the White House with LindellTV and GP’s Cara Castronuova:

BREAKING!

In an exclusive statement to LindellTV at the White House, U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin is pushing back hard on what he calls a “fake news” narrative in the Cory Mills controversy placing scrutiny squarely on the Metropolitan Police Department of the District… pic.twitter.com/ROEMfQzRGk

— LindellTV (@RealLindellTV) April 21, 2026

Martin, who had previously been involved in legal advocacy related to January 6th political prisoners, told LindellTV that the “Fake News” narrative surrounding the case is inaccurate and that the focus should instead be on how the situation was handled by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.

Who Is Cory Mills — And Why This Matters

Cory Mills (R-Fla.) is a Republican member of Congress representing Florida’s 7th District and a military veteran with a background in defense contracting.

He is currently facing heightened scrutiny in Washington, including:

• A House Ethics Committee review
• Allegations related to financial disclosures and business dealings
• Renewed attention surrounding a prior alleged Washington, D.C. domestic abuse incident
• Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) introduced a resolution on Monday to expel Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) from Congress.

That D.C. incident—now back in the spotlight —is what Martin is addressing. The case has since resurfaced as congressional scrutiny intensifies.

Background on the D.C. Incident

The controversy stems from a 2025 incident in Washington, D.C. involving Mills.

Based on publicly reported information:

• Police responded to a domestic call at the scene involving Mills and a female at a residence
• No arrest was made at the time
• A warrant request was later submitted to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C.
• The warrant was not signed, and no criminal charges have been publicly filed

Martin did not comment on whether or not he believed Mills was innocent or guilty of the allegations.

His statement was focused squarely on the information his office received at the time. He pointed to what he described as the D.C. Metropolitan Police policy in domestic situations, saying officers are expected to respond and typically remove someone from the scene. He noted that in this case, a supervisor instructed officers to leave the individuals in place. Martin said that the decision reflected how police assessed the situation at the time, adding that if probable cause had been established, officers would have acted that night.

Martin emphasized that officers did not remove anyone at the scene, which he described as a key and underreported detail.

He stated that, under typical procedures in domestic-related calls, officers take action when they determine probable cause exists.

Martin said officers did not remove anyone at the scene, adding that they “made the judgment that there wasn’t an issue to the level that they should react.”

The Warrant Request: “Mop-Up Job”

According to Martin, the situation shifted the following day.

He said that after media attention began, authorities sought to move forward with a warrant—something he characterized as a “mop-up job.”

“They wanted us to clean it up,” Martin said.

He added that his office declined to proceed under those circumstances, saying, “We weren’t going to play that game.”

Strong Language: “Corruption”

Martin also used the word “corruption” in describing how he viewed the handling of the situation.

He did not identify specific individuals or allege criminal wrongdoing by name but indicated he believed the process itself was not properly followed.

“They were playing games with the rules,” he said.

Martin rejected the suggestion that his office failed to act, saying instead that the decision was based on applying consistent legal standards.

“You do the crime, you should be arrested, should be prosecuted. We are not afraid of that,” he said. “But I just don’t like seeing the fake news media trying to blame the Trump Administration and pretend that we were either complicit or encouraging people, whether they are in power or out of power. Elected official or not elected official. You got to do the right things, right?”

Why This Is Exploding Now

As Mills faces active scrutiny in Congress, including an ongoing House Ethics Committee review and calls for potential disciplinary action, the previously unresolved D.C. incident has re-emerged as a key point of focus.

Martin’s comments introduce a competing explanation—one that shifts attention from DOJ decision-making to the actions taken at the scene and the timing of the warrant request.

Bottom Line

Martin disputes the idea that his office mishandled the case, instead pointing to how the situation unfolded in real time and how it was revisited afterward.

His remarks add a new dimension to the story—one that could shape how the incident is interpreted as congressional scrutiny continues.

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Remember, in the end GOD wins!

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Cara is an Investigative Journalist, 2-Time Boxing Champion and Television Personality. She is the White House Correspondent for LindellTV. She is the co-founder of Citizens Against Political Persecution. You can follow her on X HERE or Instagram HERE @CaraCastronuova. She is currently banned on Fakebook & suing them for colluding with the fallen Biden Regime to violate her First Amendment Rights. You can contact Cara at www.caracastronuova.com if you have any tips.

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NPR’s business model has — or, blessedly, had — always been providing hard-left content to rich urban liberals and forcing everyone, including the conservatives they trashed, to pay for it via their tax dollars.

Not that they’d acknowledge that. NPR’s claim was that they got basically 1 percent of their annual revenue from your tax dollars, then would insist in the next breath they desperately needed that 1 percent.

Both of these were half-truths: A federal entity called NPR only got 1 percent of the public broadcaster’s revenue from tax dollars, but that was just the national organization; when you added up all the subsidies, direct and indirect, to NPR and its stations through other forms of taxpayer largesse, that number was roughly at least a quarter of its operating budget — which it did desperately need under its former business model.

Last May, President Donald Trump signed an executive order cutting off taxpayer funds from going to NPR (and its television cousin, PBS) from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting: “At the very least, Americans have the right to expect that if their tax dollars fund public broadcasting at all, they fund only fair, accurate, unbiased, and nonpartisan news coverage,” he said in a statement at the time.

That’s still tied up in the courts, but I’ve been reliably informed by past Democrat presidents that you can do a lot with “a pen” and “a phone,” and I suspect pulling NPR funding through the CPB is probably one of those things.

Even with the money tied up in court, NPR hasn’t really seen any significant diminishment in the quality or the reach of its programming, from what I’ve observed; I’m not sure whether that says more about the quality of NPR’s product or the need for the funding, or even if those two things are mutually exclusive.

And now, NPR is basically admitting what we knew all along: If they want to be a radio station by and for rich urban liberals, those rich urban liberals can fund it!

NEW: @NPR has received two of the largest gifts in the public media network’s existence, totaling $113 million.

More: https://t.co/9DJn7330W2

— stephen fowler (@stphnfwlr) April 16, 2026

From NPR’s report on NPR being saved from (relative) penury by rich NPR boosters:

NPR has received two of the largest gifts in the public media network’s existence, totaling $113 million. They will go toward fueling innovation in NPR’s use of digital technology, increasing its connection with audiences, and ensuring the viability of public radio stations after Congress eliminated all federal funding for public media.

NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher said the gifts would help to set up the network and its stations for the next 50 years, beyond the radio network infrastructure that sprang up in 1970 from a coalition of community and university-owned public radio stations across the country.

Maher said that requires NPR and its stations to use tech to collaborate more effectively in providing programs and news coverage, to analyze how people are consuming their offerings and to discern how to raise money more effectively to pay for it. She said the gifts would be “catalytic investments” in NPR’s future.

Aside from the laughable “fueling innovation in NPR’s use of digital technology” (that’s how you phrase “I started another podcast” on your LinkedIn profile), this is effectively what NPR’s model should be.

Its tastes obviously run toward a certain audience that is not ill-heeled. They won’t be worse for wear if you start begging them for cash and giving them the world’s biggest tote bag.

Which users on X noted:

So they never needed my money after all. How about that.

— Will Collier (@willcollier) April 16, 2026

Confirms tax payers should have never been burdened

Of course NPR will still lie daily to the American people because of established liberal biases

— RVA Chico (@Chico23116) April 16, 2026

So we never really had to pay for leftist, anti-American propaganda?

— Satanás (@smejk70030) April 16, 2026

No, not if enough people step up!

Keep in mind that, as of right now, the biggest contributor is Connie Ballmer, wife of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. She gave $80 million of that money.

“I support NPR because an informed public is the bedrock of our society, and democracy requires strong, independent journalism,” said Ballmer, who used to be on the board of the NPR Foundation.

“My hope is that this commitment provides the stability and the spark NPR needs to innovate boldly and strengthen its national network.”

And if it does, good for them. As long as they aren’t looting my tax dollars to do it, they can produce hagiographic segments where a book called “In Defense of Looting” and its author are praised with uncritical glee. (Seriously, they did that one time!)

If the network’s current trajectory and funding model is any indication — beyond the fact that they never should have forced any of us to pay for propaganda specifically aimed at disparaging half of the American listening public — they never needed those dollars in the first place. Thanks for finally admitting it, I suppose.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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Prominent UFO researcher, Ancient Aliens personality, and bestselling author David Wilcock was found dead Monday in an apparent suicide outside his home in Boulder County, Colorado.

The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a press release that deputies responded to a 911 call to the 1400 block of Ridge Road, where Wilcock resided, around 10:44 a.m. on April 20, regarding a possible mental health crisis.

When deputies arrived at approximately 11:02 a.m., they encountered a male subject outside a residence holding a weapon.

The man then used the weapon on himself. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The release did not name Wilcock, citing the need to notify next of kin, but many were quick to note that this is the exact block he lived on.

Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna subsequently confirmed Wilcock’s passing on X, writing, “We just learned of the tragic passing of David Wilcock. We are praying for his family and loved ones and the millions of lives he impacted.”

We just learned of the tragic passing of David Wilcock. We are praying for his family and loved ones and the millions of lives he impacted.

John 8:32

— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) April 22, 2026

Wilcock, 53, was a well-known figure in ufology and alternative research circles. He authored multiple New York Times bestsellers, appeared regularly on the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens, and served as Director of Advanced Technology for Stavatti Aerospace.

He had been vocal about government disclosure on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and advanced technologies, especially speaking to the over 500,000 people who subscribed to him on YouTube.

Just two days before his death, Wilcock went live on YouTube and made chilling remarks about a pattern of deaths in his community.

“I’m excited to be here, you know, every day that I have on earth is a gift and a blessing, and I’m very grateful for that, because frankly, people are disappearing. Scientists are going missing,” he said. “It’s a little bit scary.”

WATCH (the relevant comments begin around 10:30):

The day before he did the livestream, he posted on X saying, “My Dear Family, I am not yet sure if I am doing a show tomorrow. I’ve had some very intense stuff going on this weekend. Either way, I want you all to know how much I love and appreciate you! Always remember that the Creator is within — and we live in a loving universe. I am very grateful to you for all of your love, care and support.”

He also thanked his regular supporters and donors.

My Dear Family,

I am not yet sure if I am doing a show tomorrow. I’ve had some very intense stuff going on this weekend.

Either way, I want you all to know how much I love and appreciate you!

Always remember that the Creator is within — and we live in a loving universe.

I…

— David Wilcock (@david_wilcock) April 18, 2026

The timing has raised eyebrows among followers, especially given Wilcock’s past statements pushing back against any belief that he would kill himself.

In a resurfaced 2022 social media post, he wrote, “I plan on LIVING. Not suicidal at all. Just concerned about what happens when you prove God is real.”

I plan on LIVING. Not suicidal at all. Just concerned about what happens when you prove God is real.

— David Wilcock (@david_wilcock) December 11, 2022

This latest death fits directly into a disturbing pattern that The Gateway Pundit has been reporting on for weeks.

As we have detailed in multiple articles, the FBI under Director Kash Patel has launched a major investigation into the mysterious deaths and disappearances of at least 11 high-level U.S. scientists with access to classified information in nuclear, aerospace, propulsion, missile technology, and UAP-related programs.

President Donald Trump has publicly stated the White House is looking into the cases, describing the string of incidents as highly suspicious.

Many of the victims had ties to sensitive defense research. Several were found dead under circumstances initially ruled as suicide or ruled undetermined, while others simply vanished while hiking or walking without their phones, wallets, or keys.

Wilcock’s death now adds another high-profile name to the growing list at a moment when federal authorities say they are actively probing possible foreign actors or larger conspiracies behind the pattern.

No foul play has been alleged by authorities in Wilcock’s case at this time, and the investigation remains with the coroner.

The Gateway Pundit will continue to follow developments in both Wilcock’s case and the general investigation into the deaths of America’s top scientists.

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